We bought a car about two months ago and no it has failed inspection, what do we do now?

Question

Well, its a 94 Buick Roadmaster and after he told us it was in perfect shape, new brakes, undercoated and driven well.
We found out that everything is going on it and to fix it would cost us almost as much as its worth.
He refuses to take it back and now calls himself a privite dealer, we also traded in our old car for it and he wonèt give that back.
Were up @#$% creek without a paddle and no money to fix it or get anything new.
What do you guys reccomend we do

Well, its a 94 Buick Roadmaster and after he told us it was in perfect shape, new brakes, undercoated and driven well.
We found out that everything is going on it and to fix it would cost us almost as much as its worth.
He refuses to take it back and now calls himself a privite dealer, we also traded in our old car for it and he wonèt give that back.
Were up @#$% creek without a paddle and no money to fix it or get anything new.
What do you guys reccomend we do?
The problem is, is that I'm from Canada so all the questions from the states don't apply to my car. There is no Smog or Lemon laws in Canada except for an arbitration against dealerships for vehicles under 4 years of age. Right now with Christmas, we can't afford a new car and I was wondering whether it's possible to sue.
He is a privite dealer not belonging to any dealership and although he is selling about 20 cars, hes calling it a privite sale and refuses to help or listen to us.

Answer 1

Has a used car dealer ever told anyone the car's a piece of crap? It's up to you to determine if the car's worth the asking price. Any honest dealer will allow you to take the car to a mechanic for an inspection. Anything a salesman says that's not in writing is completely worthless. (Don't even trust what's in writing when dealing with a military recruiter... LOL)

If a car isn't a piece of crap, getting some kind of written warranty shouldn't be a problem. Sounds like you bought it with no warranty.

Buying a 14 year old car that hasn't been fully restored without expecting to put some work into it is kind of naive. You don't even buy a car that old unless you love it and want to restore it. Cars simply don't last that long anymore. Live and learn...

Answer 2

Did you buy it from a dealer car company or a private person? Either way, if you buy it from a dealer car company read your receipt and all the papers they gave you with, the receipt where shows how much you pay, etc. sometimes (rarely) they have a policy about this. Also if this is a private seller, how did you find out about him? do you have in writing where he states that the car is in good condition, if the bill of sale says something like "as is condition" you pretty much can't do nothing. Anyway, try talking with the person who sold you the car and try to reason with him perhaps if you calmly discuss the problem he could give you another car or the money.Talk to a lawyer and see what your options are.
Take this as a learning experience, the next time you buy a used car from a private seller or anywhere take it to the mechanic, is better to pay $45 to a mechanic to learn if there is anything wrong with the car before buying it. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Does the bill of sale say sale is as is? That happened tome when I was 19. The loan company tried to help me by pulling the funding. The guy proceeded to sue me for $10000 the amount of the car. Despite he never paid back the money to the cash checking place. The cash checking place then sued me for $10000. As a result I did try to counter claim with same claims as you ect. I did loose and ended up filing Bankruptcy to avoid paying the jerk. The jerk also stole my id and used it to open accounts ect.
I would try to do the following though send him a letter saying that he has 10 days to return money otherwise a warrant in Debt will be filed. Call Legal Aid or a Lawyer. Because the "goods were not as they were said to be" Cite all that was wrong with car and have a mechanics statement to the issues. Tell him in return you tow vehicle back to him upon payment. You can see if you can file a claim against him for misinforming you and also in the end try to collect court costs.

Answer 4

It would be realy helpful if you let us know where this happened. Every province is different. If he has 20 cars, he is probably a dealer.
That means he is registered with a provincial organization. This org. protects the consumer and dealer against curbers. If you feel you got ripped off, contact the local/prov. organization. They can help you or charge the guy for curbing. A private person is allowed to sell 2 - 3 cars a year. Anything more and he is illegally selling cars. Here's a few links that can definately help you:

http://www.gov.on.ca/mgs/en/ConsProt/132593.html
http://www.amvic.org/main.htm

Read through these and you'll find the right people to contact so you can do something against this scammer and get your money/car back.

Answer 5

Did you buy it from a private owner OR a dealer? If you bought it from a dealer you should have 24-72 hours to have the car checked out/inspected and to decide if you want to take the car. He should be able to give you back your "trade in" AND take his "lemon" back...

If he STILL won't release your old car/take his back I would contact your local news investigation team and see if they have any pointers.. Also, did you sign any paperwork? I would look over it very carefully and see if it has any "small print" about trade-ins and time to break contract if any... I would also contact an attorney... Also, have the mechanic or service center that gave you the repair cost for the new car and see if you may be able to work out something in that area to keep the car...

Good luck

Answer 6

You need to get the codes this is the first thing to do you can sue the guy used vehicles are as is no warranty just the way it is this is not that big of a issue go to local auto zone get the codes for free and possible causes most likely very simple easy fix I would love to help you more we need the codes to get it done right. I am a mechanic and work online daily fixing customers problems at expert car advice

Answer 7

Buy a cheap car to help you get from A to B while you try to sort out stuff, and do your best at sueing, or getting money or a car from that dodgy dealer, if the cars fix will cost as much as a new one, its not really worth it.

Answer 8

If you are in CA it has to specificallt say with no smog if you dont smog it. Otherwise, you can make him take the car back .
Also, if he claims he is a dealer, and he has sold over a certain amount of cars in the past year he may be responsible.
Once again, if it says as is, with no smog u r screwed.////

Answer 9

Here's a link to the Lemon Law:

http://www.lemonlawamerica.com/

Check out what it says about your state. I think that this could help you a great deal. Threaten to sue him, however the law is caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) and possession is 9/10 of the law.

Good luck.

PS Next time get an independent inspection (its worth the $50) before you sign.

Answer 10

It sounds like you failed to get the car inspected before you purchased it. Spending $100 to have the car inspected by a certified mechanic would have saved you from this hassle.

It's your car now, you own it, it's your problem.

Pay to get it fixed or sell it. Those are your options.